Edward Follansbee Noyes

Edward Follansbee Noyes (3 October 1832-4 September 1890) was Governor of Ohio (R) from 8 January 1872 to 12 January 1874, succeeding Rutherford B. Hayes and preceding William Allen.

Biography
Edward Follansbee Noyes was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on 3 October 1832 to a Yankee family, and he was raised in New Hampshire by his grandfather after his parents died. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1857 before studying at Cincinnati Law School, and he joined the US Army at the start of the American Civil War. Noyes organized the 39th Ohio Infantry and became its Major on 27 July 1861, becoming its colonel over the next few months. He was wounded in the left leg during the Atlanta Campaign, leading to his leg being amputated, and Joseph Hooker had him promoted to Brigadier-General and had him sent to the rear to command Camp Dennison. On 22 April 1865, he resigned to become city solicitor, and he was elected Governor of Ohio on 8 January 1872 as a Republican Party member. Noyes promoted fish conservation and coal mine restrictions, and he lost re-election in 1874. From 1877 to 1881, he served as Minister to France under President Rutherford B. Hayes, a fellow Buckeye general of the Civil War and his predecessor as Governor of Ohio. Noyes died in Cincinnati in 1890 at the age of 57.